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Ultrasound As a Male Contraceptive

Posted by kdawson on from the what-could-possibly-go-wrong dept.

TeslaBoy writes "The BBC has an article about using ultrasound aimed at the testicles as a reversible male contraceptive. This can last for six months. With a grant of $100,000 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, researchers at the University of North Carolina will push ahead with more clinical trials, fine tuning, and safety tests."

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  1. Re:Club Of Rome Fascism by spanky+the+monk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I totally agree; get rid of welfare! The government is always using the "reduce cost of welfare" argument as justification for governing how you take care of yourself: tax cigarettes to reduce health costs, etc.

    Freedom and responsibility go hand in hand. Give the government responsibility over a facet of society and they get your freedom for free.

    Same goes for education and health care. Get the government out of it and let the free market operate; and that doesn't mean crippling it by creating regulations which distort markets and locks out competition to established industries, and then blaming lack of regulation/government control as the problem.